DIVISION CHIEF OF FIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION (CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL) - 40009050

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DEPARTMENT:       

 

Fire Marshal/Emergency Mgmt

DATE POSTED:         

   

December 02, 2024

CLOSING DATE:           

 

Open Until Filled

HIRING RANGE:

 

$89,800 - $153,019

POSITION NUMBER:        

    

40009050

JOB TYPE:

Full-Time, (37.5 hrs/week)

 

 

**This position is subject to close without prior notification**

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

 

The purpose of this position is to provide leadership, direction, supervision, and budgetary authority and the daily operations of the Office of Emergency Services, Fire Marshals Division.
This class works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.
 

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

 

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Determines fire and life safety educational priorities, goals, and objectives, and the subsequent strategies and methods by allocating resources appropriately. Prepares and administers budget proposals and expenditure projections.
• Completes a basic incident report so that all pertinent information is recorded, the information is accurate, and the report is complete.
• Administers a training record system so that the information captured is concise, meets all Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and legal requirements, and can be accessed.
• Develops policies to support the training program so that the goals are achieved.
• Inspects and evaluates fire scene, or evidence of the scene, and/or conducting a comprehensive review of documentation generated during the examinations(s) of the scene if the scene is no longer available.
• Responds to fire code, law, and life safety inquiries from citizens.
• Reviews and evaluates routine and detailed building plans, site plans, and fire protection system plans in terms of fire code and building code life safety criteria.
• Inspects and evaluates public, commercial, and residential struc